Table 4. Compensation (not seasonally adjusted): Employment Cost Index for total compensation, for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry

Table 4. Employment Cost Index for total compensation(1), for civilian workers, by occupational group and industry [Not seasonally adjusted]
Occupational group and industry	Indexes (Dec. 2005=100)			Percent changes for
	Mar. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	3-months ended-			12-months ended-
	Mar. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025
All workers(2)	164.0	168.0	169.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	4.2	3.8	3.6
Excluding incentive paid occupations(3)	163.9	168.0	169.9	1.4	0.6	1.1	4.2	3.9	3.7
Occupational group
Management, professional, and related	159.7	163.5	165.4	1.3	0.6	1.2	4.1	3.7	3.6
Management, business, and financial	160.0	163.3	165.1	1.3	0.5	1.1	3.9	3.4	3.2
Professional and related	159.6	163.7	165.7	1.3	0.5	1.2	4.2	3.9	3.8
Sales and office	168.0	170.7	172.9	1.6	0.7	1.3	4.2	3.2	2.9
Sales and related	165.8	166.9	169.1	1.7	1.1	1.3	4.2	2.4	2.0
Office and administrative support	169.0	173.0	175.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	4.1	3.8	3.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	161.8	166.3	167.8	1.1	0.8	0.9	4.3	3.9	3.7
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	160.3	164.6	166.4	1.1	0.7	1.1	3.7	3.8	3.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	163.6	168.1	169.3	1.1	0.8	0.7	4.9	3.9	3.5
Production, transportation, and material moving	168.2	172.9	174.8	1.4	0.6	1.1	4.7	4.3	3.9
Production	163.7	168.0	169.7	1.4	0.7	1.0	4.2	4.1	3.7
Transportation and material moving	174.3	179.2	181.4	1.5	0.4	1.2	5.1	4.3	4.1
Service occupations	175.3	180.6	182.8	1.4	0.8	1.2	4.3	4.5	4.3
Industry
Goods-producing industries(4)	158.4	161.5	163.4	1.3	0.6	1.2	3.9	3.3	3.2
Manufacturing	158.1	161.4	163.1	1.5	0.6	1.1	3.8	3.6	3.2
Service-providing industries(5)	165.1	169.1	171.1	1.4	0.6	1.2	4.3	3.8	3.6
Education and health services	162.7	167.7	169.5	1.1	0.6	1.1	4.4	4.2	4.2
Educational services	160.8	166.0	167.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	4.3	4.1	3.9
Elementary and secondary schools	160.9	166.1	167.0	0.6	0.4	0.5	4.2	3.9	3.8
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	159.5	165.0	166.3	1.0	0.7	0.8	4.3	4.5	4.3
Health care and social assistance	164.6	169.3	171.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	4.6	4.2	4.4
Hospitals	165.4	169.8	172.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	4.7	4.3	4.1
Nursing and residential care facilities	164.9	168.8	170.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	4.5	3.6	3.6
Public administration	169.4	175.6	177.8	1.6	0.9	1.3	5.8	5.3	5.0
Footnotes (1) Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits. (2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. (3) The index for this series is not strictly comparable with other series in this table. (4) Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing. (5) Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and waste services; educational services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment and recreation; accommodation and food services; other services, except public administration; and public administration.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey

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